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3 more days…
...and then the horrific year will come to an end... It's been quite a year. Accidents,other traumatic events, loads of pain (both physical as mental/emotional), and many little things to overcome... Many tears have been shed, and I am afraid I will shed some more before the year is gone... As I still miss Arwen so much every day. She was my soulmate, she gave my life a purpose, in a way. And now, I feel lonely and even useless at times. I have wondered a lot if it was all worth it. If this thing called life was really doing me any good, if all I experience is pain, sadness, loneliness, and to be plagued by many nightmares every time I try to get some rest. I have an appointment to hopefully start some therapy to learn how to deal with my CPTSD. My GP found me someone that she thinks would be suited to help me with this, so hopefully she will be. I want to move onwards, I want to look forward to new things, positive things. But I keep being pulled back towards the grief of losing Arwen, and the pain of the whole hip issue just before that, through flashbacks, nightmares, and other triggers. So yeah, I am quite ready to be done with 2025, and to start 2026... Especially as there is something very positive to look forward to, if the results of the ultrasound (she'll make it around Jan 25th) are positive... 🐾💜🤞🏻 […] -
This #Labyrinth sequel pitch from Andrew Plotkin is pretty freakin' awesome. They should make this:
Back to the Labyrinth
Friday, January 24, 2025
Tagged: #labyrinth, #davidbowie, #bowie #jenniferconnelly, #movies, #goblins, #wishes, #mazesLook, there is only one thing I want from a Labyrinth sequel, and that's Jennifer Connelly as the Goblin Queen... Mother.
I know, it's tricky. David Bowie was this horny teenage fantasy of Magic and Freedom and Romance; he definitely wasn't a father figure. Do we need a retread of that? No.
So Sarah (Jennifer Connelly) as a single mom, frustrated with her teenage kid, and the kid is frustrated with her. The mom is busy with her job and is never home. The daughter wants to run around the back yard and play with her imaginary friends. Sarah is like "Look, I know! I was your age! The stories are important. But you have to do the laundry and make dinner too! Sorry, I have a late meeting, I have to run."
And the daughter screams "Yeah, go! I wish the goblins would come and take me away forever and ever!"
So they do. Welcome to the Labyrinth. But.
Sarah is the Goblin Queen. She always has been. That's her job. "Away at the office" is "off in the Labyrinth". Ever since Jareth disappeared, Sarah hears the wishes and Sarah cannot leave a wish ungranted. "I have done everything you've asked, turned the world upside down for you..." Only now it's her own kid, and what the teenager wants is for some Mom she doesn't know to save her from the Mom she does know, only they're the same person.
And what Mom wants is for her kid to understand that for sixteen years she has had the power to say "I wish the goblins would free me of this child" and she never said it. But now the kid has said it -- which means it has to happen.
And they're both exhausted by living up to each other's expectations.
Whatever they are to each other, it needs to change.
Sound about right?